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Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 10 miles (16 km) east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall. It had a population of 3,811 at the 2011 Census. Stone-built homes are a function of Haltwhistle. It is among two settlements in Great Britain which assert to be the exact geographic centre of the island, together with Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, 71 miles (114 kilometres) to the south. A selecting ward with the exact same name still exists. This ward extends from Hexham southern up the R. South Tyne and also has an overall population taken at the 2011 Census of 4,832. Haltwhistle was a market town for the exchange of local items. In the 18th century two Quakers established a baize manufactury and there was a weaving facility. On the Haltwhistle Burn were fulling mills, coloring and rotating mills. A walk along this stream to the Roman Wall, shows that it must have been a hive of market with quarries, coal mining and lime burning kilns. The Directory of 1822 (Pigot) offers a whole variety of artisans, storekeepers as well as traders-- 60 in number, including manufacturers of blockages. The weekly market was held on Thursdays and there were fairs on 14 May and 22 November for livestock and sheep.